Woo Hoo! We're Here!

Well we made it to Paris and to be honest, the flights were relatively painless – more so than any other travelling we’ve done. I suppose the business class pods that have full, lie-flat beds didn’t hurt one little bit. Basically, we boarded, ate, and were both sleeping within minutes and really didn’t wake up until we arrived in Frankfurt. Of course, like any of you who have flown long flights, there comes an inevitable point where you feel like you’re coated in Chapstick and could swear your underwear are starting to disintegrate but I suppose it’s just par for the course. After a 45 minute taxi ride we made it to the hotel and took a quick nap. We’re both quite foggy and I’m pretty sure our bodies are still trying to determine whether it is a.m. or p.m.

We are staying at a hotel called Le Bellechasse Saint Germain and our room is unlike anything we have ever stayed in before. Like many of the hotel rooms in Paris, the room is quite small which we expected. What we didn’t expect was a bathtub in the bedroom and a sink right beside the bed. The only private space is the toilet which is housed in a fan-less, three foot by three foot closet. It has already been a tough decision whether or not to Tupperware the smell in the room or just kick the door open and deal with it. Ryan is devastated that for the first time ever, he forgot to bring Febreeze on our vacation. The rooms in this hotel were designed by Christian Lacroix so there is always something to look at. There is some serious potential to go cross-eyed in here.

We spent the evening going for a long walk in an effort to stay awake as long as possible to get used to the new time zone. Our hotel is right by the Musee d’Orsay and very close to the Louvre and the district of Le Marais (the gaybourhood... how can you tell?).
The last time we were here we definitely hit all of the requisite tourist stops in the city. We've decided that this time, we will take our time and go wherever we please and not be trapped on awful things like this:
We also won't be going to the Louvre this trip. We did our 45 minute rush through the museum last time, making sure we saw the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, and Winged Victory.
Hope you are all well. We are exhausted and going to bed. Tomorrow is Bastille Day and most everything will be closed. Call it a forced day of relaxation. We were hoping to load a lot more pictures and a few videos to Youtube so you could see what we're seeing but it's taking a lifetime to do either.